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BERLIN – World Championships 200m silver medalist Veronica Campbell-Brown has walked out on Jamaica’s team ahead of today’s 4×100m final.
TrackAlerts.com was reliably informed that after Campbell-Brown was told she would not be allowed to run the anchor leg, she decided to pack her bags and leave the warm-up area.
Campbell-Brown, who was rested for the heats, won her third straight silver medal on Friday, running 22.35 seconds to finish second behind American Allyson Felix.
"She stormed out of the meeting where they were discussing the relay set-up and said she is not running any 3rd leg," we were told..
However, Neville Myton, Campbell-Brown’s mentor in an interview with TVJ, conveyed her decision to pull out of the team.
"She said she told them the team is running well and all she practised at the camp (in Nuremberg) was running the anchor leg…so she did not see any reason now to disrupt the team."
Without Campbell-Brown, the quartet of Simone Facey, Shelly-Ann Fraser, Aleen Bailey and Kerron Stewart ran 42.06 to win gold ahead of the Bahamas (42.29).
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I strongly defend VCB decision on not running. How can u ave someone practicing the anchor leg and half n hour before the race u told them that only the 1st and rd leg is available. That is totally unprofessional. What is more disturbing is that other athletes who were not at the camp get what they want to do, while VCB were at the camp practicing and now to come at the exact point of the race and told that u can’t run the anchor leg is very hurtful. GO VCB U RULE. u made our Jamaica Flag Flown on manty occasions. Big up yuh self to the flippin worl…..